Steven Spielberg and his trip to Lucasfilm, The Star Wars Arcade Machine and the missing "Force" button

Little did Spielberg know that the machine that was at Lucasfilm was being used and studied by Peter Langston (Ball Blazer and Rescue on Fractalus!) who was there for Lucasfilm Games (later to be Lucasarts.)
Lucasfilm actually had little involvement in the Atari arcade machine but the machine was shipped to Lucasfilm for reference and for Langston to study.

A few years later Spielberg was visiting Lucasfilm and asked if he could borrow the game while filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to help with the quiet periods. Well of course Spielberg fell in love with the machine and decided to order one for himself. When the game arrived at his home he was immediately on the phone to Atari, the makers of the game asking where the "Force" button was. Atari had to explain to the director that this feature wasn't part of the original game.
Imagine his disappointment finding out that his Star Wars arcade game was missing The Force.
Both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg enjoy a video game:
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